16-Year-Old Slain on Lower East Side Mourned at Funeral

LOWER EAST SIDE — Hundreds of mourners turned out Thursday to mourn Raphael Ward, the 16-year-old fatally shot last week outside a Lower East Side bodega.

The funeral, held at Our Lady of Sorrows Church on Stanton Street, took place only a few blocks from the spot on Columbia street where the teen was found fatally shot, across from his home at the Baruch Houses.

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